About

Mission

The Black Fund of Central Texas exists to help harness the power of Black-led organizations and elevate solutions that strengthen the Black community, creating ripple effects that benefit the broader community and economy of Central Texas. Guided by data and community voices, we are committed to fostering a society that prioritizes fairness, opportunity, and well-being, empowering Black-led organizations to drive more growth that uplifts everyone. Our community-centered approach embraces abundance and collaboration to create transformative, lasting change.

Vision

Our vision is for Central Texas to experience the vitality, contributions, and innovations of Black-led nonprofits, businesses and organizations. The Black Fund of Central Texas – powered by the love of people of the African diaspora and our supporters – envisions a collaborative community where structural and economic inequities do not hinder the success of Black people.

Theory of Change

If we invest in Black-led organizations by creating a fund that helps all Black leaders thrive, then Black-led organizations will scale, we will have an equitable system in which Black people can thrive, disparate outcomes will decrease, and Black-led organizations will be fully empowered to contribute to a more sustainable community that benefits all people.

We Invest in the following Impact Areas

Arts, Culture, and Preservation
The Black Fund will support programs and organizations that directly invest in the creative and cultural contributions of Black artists of all kinds as a means of expressing, celebrating, preserving, and advancing the legacy of Black people.
The Black Fund of Central Texas will invest in educational initiatives and spaces that support successful outcomes for Black people.
The Black Fund will invest in initiatives and organizations that advance the mental, physical, and spiritual health and wellness of Black Central Texans.
The Black Fund will invest in urgent, emergent, and ongoing initiatives and organizations that harness the collective power of Black people as a means of challenging, redesigning or uprooting systems to continually move us towards an equitable society.
Black Fund of Central Texas will invest in initiatives and organizations that close the racial wealth gap for Black Central Texans by providing an ecosystem of support resulting in increased individual and shared growth and prosperity.